I’m deciding what build to use for PvE stuff (Open World, Dungeons, and Raids). I use the build on Wowhead but can’t decide what to use Elementalist or Strom builds. So what builds should I use for open world, Dungeons, and Raids?
I use the physical build. For everything. The build I am I use for m+ and world content.
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They’re both pretty viable right now, so although i’d lean to tell you to choose what you find more FUN (the spam stormstrike, roll for ascendence, more cooldown based storm, or the buff management, wolves+lavalash elementalist)
however, there will be clearcut cases where one is better than the other but not by MUCH. If performance is what you’re looking for. In a single target scenario, or even a two target scenario, the storm build is going to do you better. Make sure to build haste for enchants and gems too
whenever you cross the threshhold of three targets, the primordial wave haste buff, maintaing flameshock and buffing lavalash if you can manage it will become much more powerful. It all comes down to IF you can properly juggle multiple targets to buff lavalash and your primoridial wave
I am running the Storms build for raids, and M+ I find them fun, as I like to use lightning. Raiding last night I found it fun, I found how it fluent, and the damage was good.
For M+ I have been using Elemental lightning build, but I will try Enhancement in a run.
elementalascendance for pvp
Elementalist build but going Ascendance path instead of primordial wave path
Have had great success so far
Stormstrike is substantially easier then elementalist build to execute at a high level.
If you’re new to enhance or even questioning what build you should do, Id say do stormstrike.
To play elemental build 100% optimal is one of the most difficult specs in the game
I’m lvling enhancement shaman and storm build is very fun. I love thunder theme for enhancement so I just don’t like Lava talents.
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Is the WoWhead guide correct for the Storm builds?
I’ve been watching some ENH shamans on twitch and they don’t run these storm builds, but a modifaction of them, which don’t have guides.
I take it in this build your not going to spec into Ele Blast?
Spec 1 charge of Elemental Blast — still solid, but I skip lava burst for other things in class tree.
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akin to something like this — I will move around points in the class tree depending on what I am facing ---- and if I am against double melee, depending on what healer it is, I will drop grounding totem for static field.
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I’m using the physical build too, and it feels very amazing and fun. But im a little confuse about stat priority with this build, cause some ppl says i should go Haste (around %30) and then CRITICAL > MASTERY, but others says mastery > critical.
Right now im at:
Haste = 28%
Critical = 24%
Mastery = 24%
Vers = 11%
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I use the elemental build because I do better damage on average but the gamble build is super super fun and when it pops off it’s aaaamazing - it’s definitely gives you a dopamine hit.
I find my damage is a bit better with the elemental build when I can get the rotation correct, but I love the feast or famine style that storm has.
Storm is more straight forward, but also much more reliant on good luck with procs. Sometimes the Fates aren’t on your side, but when they are… ooo boy watch out!
You can’t go wrong with either. Thankfully with balance they’re close enough now that it’s more a personal choice.
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Have you simed it?
This season I decided to main my Enhance, so I’ve been diving into the guides and trying to do as much research as possible.
My main focus will be M+ and playing with friends. The main build seems to be Primordial Wafe/Ice Strike/Hailstorm, which I believe is elementalist? When I checked the top 20 shamans, this spec looked like 18 of them.
I’ve run 10 keys or so, half of them elementalist, and half of them being the “doom nova” spec as the guide on YT called it. Which sounds like the rng ascendence build with Alpha Wolf.
The damage overall is slightly more consistent with the elementalist, but it seems to be a little more tedious and unforgiving. Doom nova sure is fun to play. It’s going to be my go to spec. It still performs very well on the meters, AOE is amazing, and the boss damage doesn’t seem lacking either… and when it pops off… STAND BACK
As far as high M+ goes, Storm is way too inconsistent to keep up with pulls. To be fair, even when rooted elements hit, it’s most likely too late or some mechanic pops up and it’s wasted.
To me, an almost exclusively m+ player, Storm aoe/cleave just doesn’t work, the numbers suck.
And to be fair, elementalist burst is really bad compared to just about any other class burst. Evokers, spriests, warriors and sub rogues poping off at 400-500k on big fortified pulls this week and I can barely hit 300k.
These days I feel like I would trade the whole talent tree for the BFA gameplay, at least it was reliable, consistent and the pay off didn’t come from unrealistic micromanagement or winning the slot machine game.
Ok this topic is fine and all but I gotta ask this, why does your character look like Abraham Lincoln with a longer beard?
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FREE THE SLAVES (ele players in pvp)
I thought ele was killing it in pvp?
Did that change? Haven’t done much in s2